This weeks healthiest food - Avocado

I love Avocados, I could eat them raw. I don't eat them often enough though because they tend to be expensive. I do have one in the fridge right now though waiting for me.

Food of the Week . . . Avocados
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I have one sitting in my fridge right now, too!!! Oh gosh, I could eat one every day. I usually end up having them once in awhile as a treat. I slice them up and then eat them plain. I just love them that much

This may sound like a weird combo, but I often slice a quarter avocado and eat it with a feta cheese egg white omelet. In fact, that's what I'm getting ready to eat for my brunch right now (I'm off work today). Yum.

I eat 1-2 avocados per week. 1/4 at a time. I put it on black bean chili, turkey burgers, in a tuna pita, taco salad. I make what I call a Southwest open face egg sandwhich. 1 toasted whole wheat english muffin, slice 1/4 avocado on the eng muffin, 2 eggs poached or hard boiled, topped with salsa that I warm a bit in the microwave (so it doesn't cool off my eggs). YUMMY!!! Avocados are my favorite!!!

When I was a kid my day would give us an avocado half with salt, pepper, and balsamic vinegar. We'd eat 'em with a spoon. I don't eat them like that too often now, but I do love them on sandwiches, salads, egg dishes etc. They are so yummy!

Years ago there was a local chain of healthy soup/sandwich shops. Avocado and tomato was my fav from their offerings. They mashed the avocado, and put the tomato slices with alfafa sprouts on dark pumpernickel bread. Absolutely yummy!

"Someone at work gave me 3 luscious avocados from a tree in their yard. "
Glory, I am SOOOOO jealous!

They are easy to grow. Just take the pit, put some toothpicks into it and suspend them in a glass of water. It will eventually send up a shoot. You can then plant it in a container until it establishes itself. The plant in the yard. In a few years you'll be having those things.

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I love them just plain or sliced into salads and I even put avocado slices on my sandwiches. Wonderful on a turkey burger.

Except lately I just can't find a good one. I don't know if it's the season or what, but even though my grocery store has avocados every day, every single one I've brought home has been nasty on the inside, regardless of the color of the skin. Brown or bright green, they've all been horrible. And the organic ones are even worse (I've found that organic vegetables are in worse shape than non-organic).